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Meaning of on board | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR B2

Definitions

On or in (a means of transportation).

Examples

“On board his boat were various firearms but not much food.”
“Even when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too.”
“There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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